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Sea otter

Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Lutrinae
Species : Enhydra lutris

The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is the heaviest of its kind, weighing up to 45 kg. It has been hunted extensively in the eighteenth and nineteenth century for its warm fur. As a positive side effect, due to the hunting, to maximize profits the sea otter's behavior was researched extensively. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is the largest member of the family Mustelidae. It is also the only marine mammal in the order of Carnivora and is the smallest marine mammal. If sea otters rest they are among kelp or in quiet water, laying on their backs. The common resting position is with the head up, with folded paws and chin resting on their chest.

Facts about the sea otter

Morphology Enhydra lutris is the heaviest of the otters, reaching a maximum weight of 45 kg.

Sea otters are generally found inhabiting nearshore coastal waters of less than 54 m in depth.

Sea otters are not normally eaten by transients because they have hardly any nutritional value, but with no other food readily available the choices are limited.

The average life expectancy of a sea otter is 15 years.

The body of the sea otter is relatively long and heavy, making progress on land clumsy and slow.

The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California.

The sea otter, Enhydra lutris, is about three feet long, with a tail that adds approximately one more foot to its length.

Enhydra Lutris is the scientific name for the California Sea Otter. (Full text)

Technical Abstract: The number of Sarcocystis species that infect sea otters (Enhydra lutris) is unknown. (Full text)

Southern sea otters are found only in (Full text)

The sea otter is a protected species because of previous overhunting (they were once hunted for their thick, dense fur). (Full text)

Home: coasts of Alaska, California, and the Aleutian Islands With its sleek round body, short tail, and webbed rear feet, the sea otter is an excellent swimmer. (Full text)

Potter and Otto are River Otters (Lutra canadensis) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is the smallest marine mammal but is the largest member of the otter family. (Full text)

The sea otter is the largest member of the weasel family. (Full text)

The sea otter Enhydra lutris is found along the Pacific coast of North America. (Full text)

•Sea otters are the slowest-swimming and least streamlined group of marine mammals. (Full text)

Sea otters are larger and two to three times heavier. (Full text)

Sea OtterEnhydra lutris Sea Otters are playful animals that spend almost all their time in the sea. (Full text)

Sea otters are one of the rare mammals who use tools. (Full text)

The sea Otter is perhaps the best known otters. (Full text)

Sea otters are what scientists refer to as "keystone species," a term that refers to their functional role within their ecosystem. (Full text)

A sea otter is a marine mammal that lives in coastal waters in the central and north Pacific Ocean. (Full text)

The southern sea otter is almost certainly a distinct subspecies, determined primarily by differences in skull measurements on otters from the different populations. (Full text)

California sea otters are listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. (Full text)

Scientific name: The southern sea otter is known as Enhydra lutns nereis; its subspecies name has Greek roots that mean a sea nymph or swimmer. (Full text)

Zen Weasel: Enhydra Lutris is the zoological name of the sea otter. (Full text)

The Sea Otter is on the beach and the staff is great. (Full text)